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City of Spokane's Thor / Freya Couplet

8-3-165(091)-1

8-3-165(091)-1
Thor / Freya Couplet
Hartson Ave to 150ft n/o Sprague Ave

FY 2022 Urban Arterial Program
Current Phase : Audit
Total TIB Funding : $696,715

County: Spokane   |   Legislative District: 3   |   Project Length: 1.16   |   TIB Engineer: Andrew Beagle   |   Last Payment Date: 02/28/2024

Project Information

Lead Agency SPOKANE
Funding Year 2022
Program UAP
Current Phase Audit
Legislative District 3
Congressional District 5
Federal Route Number 3999
Project Length 1.16 mi.
ADT 40,000
Functional Class Principal
Type of Work Reconstruction
Project Contact Kevin Picanco
Contact Email kpicanco@spokanecity.org
TIB Engineer Andrew Beagle
Last Payment Date 02/28/2024
Cultural Resource Assessment Section 106

Project Schedule

  Target Date Actual Date
Project Selection Date   11/20/2020
Delayed Project Date 01/01/2022  
DAHP Assessment Date   03/27/2020
Predesign Approval
Design Approval 02/01/2021 01/06/2021
Bid Auth. Approval 08/01/2021 08/26/2021
Construction Approval 10/31/2021 01/07/2022
Project Closeout 02/15/2024 02/23/2024
Audit Date   02/28/2024
Withdrawn Date  

Project Funding

TIB Funds Project Costs
Environmental Study 0 0
Design Study 0 0
Total Predesign 0 0
     
Special Study 0 0
Design 0 0
Right of Way 0 0
Total Design 0 0
     
Construction Engineering 63,809 736,920
Construction Contract 638,093 7,916,317
Other Construction 0 0
Total Construction 701,902 8,653,237
     
Funding Surplus - 5,187  
Total TIB Funding 696,715 8,653,237

Local Funding Partners

Funding Amount Percent
SPOKANE 80,655 0.9%
WSDOT Funding 0 0.0%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal Funding  7,875,867 91.0%
Total Local Funding 7,956,522 91.9%

Project Description

Reconstruction of approximately 6,200 lineal feet of roadway pavement from Hartson Ave through Sprague Avenue. Reconstruction and repair of curbing and sidewalk at isolated, spot locations as necessary. Update/add street and pedestrian lighting, traffic signals upgrades, and communication lines. Upgrade ADA curb ramps and STA bus stop boarding pads to meet ADA compliance standards. Thor and Freya Streets are each 3-lane one-way arterials that function as a two-way couplet between Hartson and Sprague Avenues. Daily traffic volume just north of Hartson on Thor Street and Freya Street is approximately 17,000 to 20,000 respectively (40,000 total ADT). During the 2016/2017 winter the couplet pavement experienced rapid and significant pavement deterioration due to extreme, repeated freeze/thaw conditions this was magnified by old, inadequate pavement structure. The City performed an emergency, thin grind and overlay project in the spring of 2017 as a stop-gap measure until a proper roadway reconstruction could be performed. The proposed project would reconstruct the roadway with Portland Cement Concrete the northerly limits of work abut and match the southerly limits of newer PCC pavement recently installed along the Freya St./Greene St. corridor. This will be phase 1 of the project which includes full depth roadway pavement reconstruction from curb to curb with PCC pavement along the couplet from Hartson Ave. to 3rd Ave. and continuing from north of 2nd Ave. to 150 ft north of Sprague Ave. Additional and related work includes replacement of ADA ramps where needed, catch basin replacements and upgrades and minor utility adjustments.

Existing Condition

The Thor-Freya Couplet is a T-1 freight route and is the City's highest volume roadway serving the South Hill portion of the City Spokane as well as the major industrial areas along the Freya St. corridor north of I-90. The corridor carries total daily traffic volumes as high as 40,000 vehicles per day. As of Winter 2017, the pavement condition rating of this corridor was as low as 34. The corridor required frequent and costly pothole repairs incoveniencing the drivers and negatively impacting traffic flow. The roadway is in need of complete reconstruction to build a pavement structural section that is capable of handling the high traffic volumes and T-1 freight route loads. The City has secured over $8M in FHWA funding is requesting just under $1M in TIB funds for construction phase funding to supplement the City's Fed-Aid local match. Design began in early 2020, NEPA is complete and approved and ROW acquisition is underway for small takes related to ADA ramp construction design should be complete by mid-2021. Construction is scheduled for 2022.

Project Benefits

  • The improved and rebuilt pavement structural section using a long-life PCC pavement section will provide long-lasting and low-maintenance driving surface for the traveling public on the highest volume arterial route serving Spokane's industrial and South Hill areas. The improved, long-life pavement will eliminate the on-going and costly stop-gap street maintenance for pot hole repair.

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Project Delays

Delay Type Resolution Date Comments

No delayed project history.

Project Payments